The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-05-02
NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE.
The Magnificent New Building OF
the Boston cIobe-A Banquet to be
Given Colonel Taylor.

BosToN, May Fifteen hundred news
paper men of Boston and vicinity were given
a reception today in the new building Of the
Boston Globe by the proprietors and editors
Of that journal. The Globe Of Sunday
morning had been issued from the old build
ing, after which that structure with nearly
all of its contents was abandoned. Tomor-
row morning the Globe will be issued from
the new building with a completely new out
fit from the composing room to the press
room. Colonel Charles H. Taylor, the
Globes editor, today received the congratu-
lations of prominent journalists in all parts
of the country. There were many notable
features connected with the removal of this
paper from its old to the new quarters, and
some OF these We're exceedingly novel. The
issue OF Monday morning, the first from the
new building, will provide to each purchaser
OF the paper Tree ride on any street car line
OF the city TO any point thereof. This will
be conveyed In the form of a coupon printed
on the upper margin, which when cut out
and presented to any car conductor win be
received as in payment of fare.
An informal banquet was served in the
large reportorial rooms on the eighth floor
this afternoon, in which nearly 1000 news
paper workers participated. Tomorrow
morning the building will be opened to the
public, and in the afternoon and evening
BaldwiA's Cadet. Band will give concert
from the front of the great structure, the
programme Of which will require three hours
of almost continuous music. On Tuesday
Colonel Taylor, ON behalf of the Globe, will
give banquet to the newsboys Of the city,
of whom there are more than 1900.
The business men of Boston will give a
banquet to Colonel Taylorat the Vendome
on Tuesday, May 10th. which is intended to
be the grandest affair of ihe kind in the his
tory of journalism. The most prominent
ht,sft nf aaffx
tion to the large number of prominent jour
nalists from various parts of the United
States. Among the great editors from
abroad who have accepted invitations are
the following:
Charles A. Dana, New York Sun
George w. Childs, Philadelphia Ledger
Mr.. William Henry Smith, manager Of the New
York Associated Press:
York World.
Charles Emory Smith, Philadelphia Press.
NJ. T. Handy, Philadelphia News.
Gen. Clayton McMichael, Philadelphia North
Hon. Peter Mitchell, Montreal Herald.
Col William l.. Brown, New York News.
w. Il. Arkell, Judge.
Col j. Amory Knox, Texas Siftings.
| Invitations have also been sent to large
number of others equally distinguished,
many of whom have expressed their inten-
are expected from others daily. Every prom
| inent journal in New England will also be
represented The new Globe building is the
highest on Washington street, the main
thoroughfare of the city, and one of the
most magnificent structures architecturally
and in regard to its interior arrangements in
the United States. while as newspaper
edifce it is considered perfect in its
construction. 1t possesses conveniences
said to be entirely original in news
paper work. For instance, in the
composing room each compositor's desk
| is connected with the copy cutters's"
room by an electric annunciator and each
desk being numbered to correspond with the
number OF the type-setter's Slug" A man
at any desk can be noiselessly summoned to
| the copy cutter to receive his copy This
| does away with the noise caused by con-
| tinually shouting the number Of slug so
| common in composing rooms. In the new
Composing room Tonight the only noise to
| be heard was the clicking Of the type as it
was placed in the "stick." Pneumatic tubes
run from every part of the building to every
| other part, while electric bells and tubes
Communicate from each department to the
| other. Surrounding the composing room is
| a gallery which contains private lockers for
| each of the $50 comp0sitors, and in the CEN
| tire of which are rooms for the foreman and
| proof readers. This leaves the main